While Mom was here she also took a few pictures of my bare belly. I was apprehensive at first but I know that I will look back and wish that I had some. I am only posting two of those. We are retaking the others.... Hard to look at yourself being much larger and much heavier. I am more critical of myself. I am anxiously awaiting the proofs from our photos that we had taken last week at the Statehouse. Hopefully they will be finished soon!
This week I have found that there is nothing better for a pregnant person than a bath. Nothing fancy - not overly hot, no special bubbles or anything, just a bath. I don't know what it is about a bath that just relaxes every muscle in my body. I have been taking them a lot this week. It will probably continue that way until I cant get in and out of the tub anymore.
Well our upstairs A/C isn't working again. You wanna see me get mad and act un-lady like - lose the A/C in late July at 8 1/2 months pregnant. Scotty doesn't know what to do with himself when I start yelling and cussing about how hot I am. He just calmly says, "Babe, what can I do for you? What can I do or bring you to make it better?" Of course there is nothing but A/C that can help me but he tries. I am about to go hormonal on someone if this isn't handled pronto. But Scotty is working on it. I told him I am not afraid to let someone know what I think about all this if I have to. I am fed up! Luckilly the downstainrs is working like a champ and that is our saving grace. That's the thing about renting - you don't have to pay for the broken A/C but you do have to wait for the property company to get their act together and get it fixed.
Well I say goodbye to my husband this week. Football camp/the season starts August 1st and I become a football widow for the next 6 months. Single mom status y'all. But I knew all this would happen before I married him. I am very independent and self-sufficient and you have to be when you marry a football coach or any man that travels a lot. Teaches me "I don't need no man to survive" but I do miss having him around : ) This is SUCH an exciting time in our life. Not only are we weeks away from our sweet Charlotte being born but Scotty is coaching his own position this season (tight ends), still on graduate assistant pay status of course but this is a huge step in his career. He has so much more responsibility than he has ever had and he has learned a lot about a position that he has not worked with before. I am so proud of him and he looks and acts more like a coach when I see him with his players. We are getting dinner for his players this Wednesday at the stadium and I am making dessert for them. Last year, Scotty was working with the wide receivers and we had them over to our house. All 13 of them... Thank goodness Mom was in town to help me cook. Well this year he only has 4 players and that would be much more manageable to cook for but since we live further away it is harder for the guys to get to the house so the stadium it is. I am trying to be a good coach's wife and learn their names, numbers, birthdays, etc. and give them a little something every week before the game in their lockers as a pick-me-up. Hope I can live up to Scotty's picture of what a coach's wife should look like : )
Anywho - the whole point of all that was to say that we went to the "New Year's Eve" party that Scotty's parents have for the coaching staff every year. This is our 3rd that we have attended and it is always a good time. It is a celebration that the new season is here and it is a closing of the "free time" that the coaches have had. We have a wonderful dinner and we dance. I was out there dancing too - even in my "condition." It was a lot of fun. I was surprised that I made it to 11. Must have been because I had a nap earlier that day.
So for this upcoming week I have the scan that will estimate the baby's weight and size, Mom is coming back into town for the shower that Scotty's family is having for me and the first practice of the season is on Friday.
So until then - here are lots of pictures:
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| Some, yes some of Baby Girl's clothes before they were hung in the closet. |
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| and another... |
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| The "C" that Mom made. Some of the buttons are off of my baby clothes. |
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| Entering the room... |
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| The clothes now hung in the closet |
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| More of the closet |
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| And another of the closet and my attempt at organization. We shall see how long it stays like this. The letters and the keepsake box were made by a friend of our family. They are wonderful. The keepsake box (far left) is full of hats and headbands. Thanks Judy! |
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| The crib. Y'all know that "Love" had to make an appearance. |
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| The glider |
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| Changing table and dresser that is full of clothes, diapers, blankets, burp clothes, extra sheets, etc. I have been asked about the baskets. The one of the left is a trash can and the one on the right is a laundry hamper. |
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| Another shot of the crib - without "Love" Those wires are charging the baby monitor. In case anyone was wondering... |
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| Crib |
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| Bookshelf. The little basket is full of clip-in hairbows, the bigger basket has DVDs and CDs, and hopefully the piggy bank will be full of money - one day. And there are the books that Scotty reads to her while I chill out in the glider. |
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| Another shot of the changing table, rug, and her monogram on the wall. |
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| Her curtains. It is a double rod. The other rod has the blackout liner that helps to control the heat and cool as well. |
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| Happy New Year Gamecocks! |
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| One of the belly pictures that I approved of. By the way (knocking on wood as I type this) I do not have any stretch marks. Yet. Hopefully the stuff that I rub on there everyday really is helping. |
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| And another |
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